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Sella Ness owner says the facility is ‘for the overall benefit of the Shetland economy’.
The owner of the accommodation block wants to keep the facility open until at least 2026.
Dales Voe in Lerwick is a preferred location for decommissioning.
Lerwick Port Authority and Ocean Kinetics have been granted shares in a £2.5 million cash award as part of the third round of a Scottish Government fund.
Shetland changed forever exactly 40 years ago this Sunday.
Scalloway introduces humane fish slaughter.
A HANDFUL of jobs are set to be lost in Scalloway as a result of Norwegian salmon feed producer Skretting closing down its UK production by April 2019.
The loss-making restaurant closed on Saturday unable to respond to new local competition.
THE LERWICK Co-op supermarket on Holmsgarth Road has upped its game following a £1.5 million overhaul.
HAY’s Dock Cafe Restaurant in Lerwick has closed with the loss of five jobs after facing “very challenging trading conditions”.
The team behind Shetland Reel gin want to produce whisky in Unst.
ABOUT 110 delegates turned up to hear that the future for large scale renewables in the isles is facing a critical 12 months – but if contracts are secured there will be big business for local suppliers.
LOCAL company Thulecraft is investing almost three quarters of million pounds over three years into expanding and upgrading its box plant at Lerwick’s Blackhill industrial estate.
A NEW fish processing business opened in Lerwick on Wednesday in a venture that is planned to incorporate a retail shop by the end of the year.
SHETLAND Islands Council has given the green light to implementing a refreshed economic development strategy which aims to see 250 new private sector jobs created in the isles over the next four years.
THE NATIONAL Farmers’ Union is holding a roadshow in Lerwick on 15 November to gauge members’ views on a new agriculture policy for Scotland in the face of an “unpredictable future”.
HAVE you ever found yourself wondering what’s inside that white minibus parked at Lerwick’s Lochside right next to the new emergency landing site?
AN AMBITIOUS tourism strategy has been launched for Shetland that aims to bring an extra £10 million into the sector over the next five years.
The salmon company reported a loss in the third quarter of 2018.
SCALLOWAY’s ‘new’ interim fish market is now operational ahead of Shetland Islands Council (SIC) awarding a £5.6 million contract to demolish the old market and build a new state of the art facility at Blacksness Pier.
A TIDAL energy project in Bluemull Sound has won a European Union award.
FISHING leaders have welcomed a new fisheries bill which the UK Government says will bring more powers to Scotland after Brexit.
BIGTON Farm’s trophy cabinet has increased in size again after success at this year’s British Farming Awards.
A LOCAL hairdresser who hit the national headlines a few years ago as the stylist of Shetland’s dancing pony Socks has come third in a national hairdressing competition.
SUGGESTIONS that the transition period during which Britain is leaving the European Union could be extended by another year to the end of 2021 has been greeted with horror by the fishing industry.
AROUND £1.5 million is set to be shelled out on upgrading the hold baggage x-ray system Sumburgh Airport.
A FRESH call has been made for the Norröna ferry to stop off in Shetland again on its routes connecting Denmark with Faroe and Iceland.
A NEW tourism strategy for Shetland for the next five years is set to be launched at the end of the month.
A REVIEW that promises fairer funding for farmers throughout the UK following Brexit has been welcomed, but claims have been made that the reforms do not go far enough.
A NEW post has been created locally to support the isles’ aquaculture industry when it comes to receiving training in areas like health and safety.
THE VALUE of salmon produced in Shetland last year rose to over £215 million, according to new figures.
THIRTY one million pounds sounds like an awful lot of money to spend on a fishing boat, but when you see the new Research, you could not say that money has been squandered.